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9 unusual facts about Tadeusz Kosciuszko


Alojzy Feliński

During the Kościuszko Insurrection, Feliński was Tadeusz Kościuszko’s secretary for French correspondence as well as the law and order commissar in Wołyń.

Edward Piszek

He bought the Philadelphia house where Tadeusz Kościuszko, the Polish statesman who aided the American Revolution, once lived, restored it, and donated it to the National Park Service.

Franciszek Smuglewicz

Among the notable surviving works of that period are A Meeting of the Four Years' Sejm (1793) and Kościuszko's Oath at Kraków's Old Town Market (1797), Lithuanian Peasants, Freeing Peasants from Serfdom in Merkinė.

Hudson River Chain

The greater system of fortifications at West Point, of which the chain was part, was designed and built by the Polish engineer Tadeusz Kościuszko.

Kosciusko, Mississippi

It is named for the Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko, who assisted United States military efforts during the American Revolution.

Kościuszko's Squadron

The name Kościuszko's Squadron or Kościuszko's Escadrille, taken from the Polish-Lithuanian hero Tadeusz Kościuszko, has been borne by several units of the Polish Air Force throughout its history.

Monaro Highway

It then parallels the railway within the urban area and also passes by the Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument as it leaves the town.

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet

She comes from a political family with Polish roots (from Józef Tomasz Kościuszko 1743–1789, brother of the famous Tadeusz Kościuszko).

Zdzisław Krasnodębski

His dreams were eventually fulfilled when he was assigned to Tadeusz Kościuszko 111th Fighter Squadron of the 1st Flight Regiment in Warsaw.


Antoni Popiel

In 1907, he participated in the competition for a monument to Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Washington, D.C. Although he won second prize, President Theodore Roosevelt selected his design for implementation.

Battle of Dubienka

The Battle of Dubienka occurred during the Polish–Russian War of 1792 (War of the Second Partition of Poland) where on July 18, 1792, the Polish army under the command of General Tadeusz Kościuszko defended the Bug River crossing against the Russian army under General Michail Kachovski.

Jozef Mazur

He also donated four stained glass window medallions of, Marie Curie, Nicolaus Copernicus, Casimir Pulaski and, Tadeusz Kościuszko.

Józef Wielhorski

Tadeusz Kościuszko sent him to revolutionary France with the goal of obtaining help from the Committee of Public Safety, his requests for a French expeditionary corps were however futile.

Kazimierz Chodziński

Around 1903-1910 he worked in the United States, where he designed, among others, the Tadeusz Kościuszko statue in Chicago in its Humboldt Park and the General Casimir Pulaski statue in Washington, DC.

Around 1903-1910 he worked in the United States, where he designed, among others, the Tadeusz Kościuszko statue in Chicago in the Humboldt Park there and the General Casimir Pulaski statue in Washington, DC.

Polish Museum, Rapperswil

The library's memorabilia cover several centuries and include items associated with Tadeusz Kościuszko, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Władysław Reymont and Jan Nowak-Jeziorański.


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